Minor definitions: general1173

1

In this Act—

• “body corporate” includes a body incorporated outside the United Kingdom, but does not include—

  1. a

     a corporation sole, or

  2. b

     a partnership that, whether or not a legal person, is not regarded as a body corporate under the law by which it is governed;

• “EEA undertaking” means an undertaking governed by the law of an EEA State.

• F2“firm” means any entity, whether or not a legal person, that is not an individual and includes a body corporate, a corporation sole and a partnership or other unincorporated association;

• “parent LLP” means an LLP that is a parent undertaking (see section 1162 and Schedule 7);

• “regulated activity” has the meaning given by section 22 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (c.8);

• “regulated market” has the same meaning as in Directive 2004/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on markets in financial instruments (see Article 4.1(14)).

2

In relation to an EEA State that has not implemented Directive 2004/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on markets in financial instruments, the following definition of “regulated market” has effect in place of that in subsection (1)—

“regulated market” has the same meaning as it has in Council Directive 93/22/EEC on investment services in the securities field.